18 YEAR OLD AND 12 YEAR OLD STRUCK BY GUNFIRE EARLY THIS MORNING IN PATERSON NEW JERSEY
" An 18-Year-Old Was Struck By Gunfire On The Street & A 12-Year-Old Was Grazed By A Bullet Inside His Home AT 3:00 A.M. This Morning."
August 20, 2022 3:37 P.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PATERSON, NJ.- On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced that On Saturday, August 20, 2022, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Members of The Paterson Police Department were dispatched to the area of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Putnam Street in Paterson, New Jersey on a report of Shots Fired.
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Upon arrival, Police Officers located a potential crime scene, and an 18- Year-Old Paterson man who had sustained a Non-Life Threatening Gunshot Wound and a 12-Year-Old Juvenile who was grazed by a Stray Bullet in a residence. The 18-year-old victim was immediately transported to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey for treatment. The juvenile victim was treated at the scene for Non-Life-Threatening Injuries.
The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Tips Line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or contact The Paterson Police Ceasefire Unit at 973-321-1342.
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